A student who plans to work in a recording studio may benefit from the course material and hands-on experience from an audio engineering program. Such programs are often a stepping stone for higher education or better job prospects.

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a sovereign state and a member state of the European Union. It is located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. Spanish universities regulate access to their own degrees and they fix the academic fees. They can also offer unofficial postgraduate degrees. The capital city Madrid has possibly the largest number of bars per capita of any European city and a very active nightlife.